Overview
- The Dodgers forced the decider with a 3-1 Game 6 win capped by a rare left field-to-second base game-ending double play after a ground-rule double reset runners in the ninth.
- Los Angeles confirmed Shohei Ohtani will start on three days’ rest, a choice shaped by MLB’s two-way rule that lets a listed starter remain as DH after leaving the mound.
- Toronto set Max Scherzer for the start, and both managers signaled an all-hands approach, with most relievers available and Tyler Glasnow having secured Game 6’s final outs.
- Game 7 is Saturday night at Toronto’s Rogers Centre, where the Dodgers chase the first back-to-back titles since the 1998–2000 Yankees and the Blue Jays seek their first crown since 1993.
- After an 18-inning Game 3 stretched pitching staffs, the Blue Jays have hinted rookie Trey Yesavage could appear in relief on short rest as part of matchup-driven plans.